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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

LOUISE J. PURDY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PATTERN-TRACER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,1(36, dated November 7, 1882.

Application filed June 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIsE J. PURDY, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pattern-Tracers, of which the followi ing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, which is a perspective view.

The object of my invention is to furnish a tracing-wheel with two star-1narkersone for following the pattern-line and the other for making a simultaneous mark any desired distance therefrom for a cutting-line; and my invention consists in securing this second starwheel adjustably to the stem of the first by means of a right-angle arm and a set-screw.

A represents the handle of the instrument, and B a stem secured therein.

In the end of the stem B is journaled a starwheel, 0.

The body of the stem is formed with an a star wheel or marker, E.

Holes F are made in the end of the arm-that passes through the stem, which receive the lower end of a set-screw, G, working in the stem. Thus the relative positions ofthe wheels can be easily changed, as desired, for a narrow or broader seam.

I have shown the end of the arm that passes through the stem graduated, so that the exact distance the wheels are apart may be known.

I claim as my invention The combination of handle A, stem B, wheel 0, arm D, wheel E, and set-screw G, all constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

- LOUISE J. PURDY.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, GEO. H. KNIGHT. 

